Table 2. Univariate correlation (left columns) and multiple linear regression (right columns) determining predictors of log10 CSF NFL in HIV-infected neuroasymptomatic patients with and without antiretroviral treatment.
Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
Variable | N | Std β (r) | P | Std βadj | Padj |
No treatment | |||||
Age | 200 | 0.35 | <0.001 | 0.26 | <0.001 |
Blood CD4* | 200 | 0.43 | <0.001 | 0.36 | <0.001 |
CSF neopterin | 188 | 0.31 | <0.001 | 0.23 | <0.001 |
Log CSF WBC | 200 | −0.27 | <0.001 | −0.17 | 0.009 |
Albumin ratio | 200 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.33 | <0.001 |
Log plasma VL | 198 | 0.29 | <0.001 | NS | NS |
Log CSF VL | 199 | −0.036 | 0.62 | NS | NS |
Treated-suppressed | |||||
Age | 85 | 0.66 | <0.001 | 0.57 | <0.001 |
Blood CD4* | 85 | 0.089 | 0.42 | NS | NS |
CSF neopterin | 77 | 0.062 | 0.59 | NS | NS |
Log CSF WBC | 85 | −0.051 | 0.65 | NS | NS |
Albumin ratio | 85 | 0.4 | <0.001 | 0.26 | 0.004 |
Log pre ART plasma VL | 63 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.013 |
Log pre ART CSF VL | 46 | −0.31 | 0.23 | NS | NS |
Log CSF VL | 85 | −0.091 | 0.41 | NS | NS |
Nadir CD4* | 61 | 0.023 | 0.023 | NS | NS |
*CD4+ T-cell count was inverse transformed (1/(CD4+45·3) NS = Not significant.